Nokia Technologies Oy

Nokia Corporation

Provenance Asset Group LLC

Pranav Mishra

Krishna Govindarao

Rajeswari Kannan

Ramesh Raskar

Gururaj Putraya

Veldandi Muninder

Ravi Shenoy

Soumik Ukil

Vinod Pathangay

Basavaraja S-v

Changyeon Jo

Basavaraj Sv

Toka Veeranjaneyalu

Basavaraj S V

Gururaj Gopal Putraya

Chang-Yeon Jo

Krishna Annasagar Govindarao

An approach is provided for validating potential points of interest using device and user characteristics. The validation platform processes and/or facilitates a processing of location information associated with at least one device to determine one or more potential points of interest visited by the at least one device. Next, the validation platform causes, at least in part, a tagging of the one or more potential points of interest with one or more characteristics of the at least one device, one or more users of the at least one device, or a combination thereof. Then, the validation platform causes, at least on part, a validation of the one or more potential points of interest based, at least in part, on the one or more characteristics as captured by at least one other device, one or more other users of the at least one other device, or a combination thereof.

Method and apparatus for validating potential points of interest using user and device characteristics

A method includes, in response to a detected gesture user input, wherein the gesture user input is ambiguous as to which one of a plurality of putative targets the gesture user input is directed, disambiguating the plurality of putative targets using disambiguating data to enable selection of one of the plurality of targets; and performing, in response to the gesture user input, a user input command associated with the selected target.

Method and apparatus for disambiguating a plurality of targets

An apparatus for generating a panoramic image(s) may include a processor and memory storing executable computer code causing the apparatus to at least perform operations including generating a panoramic image(s) based on performing registration on at least two images associated with depth map data and determining an overlap region(s) between the two images within first and second items of depth map data. The computer program code may further cause the apparatus to label the overlap region(s) within the first or second item of depth map data based on generating a virtual seam(s) connecting portions of the two images to generate a composite image. The portions correspond to image data within first and second items of depth map data. The computer program code may further cause the apparatus to blend the seam of the composite image to obtain the panoramic image. Corresponding methods and computer program products are also provided.

Methods, apparatuses and computer program products for generating panoramic images using depth map data

An apparatus for recognizing faces with different illuminations may include a processor and memory storing executable computer program code causing the apparatus to at least perform operations including detecting and extracting face data of a first candidate face of a first image and a second candidate face of a second image. The first image is associated with a first light intensity and the second image associated with a second light intensity different from the first light intensity. The computer program code may further cause the apparatus to analyze face data to determine whether the first candidate face corresponds to an area in the first image that is substantially the same as an area of the second candidate face and evaluate data of the first and second areas to determine whether the first and second candidate faces are valid or invalid faces. Corresponding methods and computer program products are also provided.

Methods, apparatuses and computer program products for efficiently recognizing faces of images associated with various illumination conditions

An apparatus including a substrate; a plurality of first image sensels supported by the substrate and arranged in rows and columns, wherein the substrate includes one or more apertures.

Module for plenoptic camera system

In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method is disclosed. The method includes defining a first privacy setting related to a user. Communicating the first privacy setting using a first radio communication network to a server. Storing the first privacy setting related to the user on the server. Applying the first privacy setting when analyzing an image to determine the user in the image. Determining to apply a second privacy setting related to the user. Defining the second privacy setting related to the user and communicating the second privacy setting to another device of a second user using a second radio communication network.

Method and apparatus for privacy protection in images

A method comprising reading out first lines of pixels of a sensor, when the first lines are read out in a sequence of the first lines in a first direction along the sensor also reading out different second lines of the pixels of the sensor, when the second lines are read out in a sequence of the second lines in a different second direction along the sensor and interleaving the read outs from the first lines of pixels and the different second lines of pixels.

Method and apparatus for obtaining image

In an example embodiment, a method, apparatus and computer program product are provided. The method includes facilitating capture of at least one image of a scene including a foreground object by at least one rolling shutter sensor. The at least one image includes a pattern in an image region of the foreground object comprising a series of alternate dark and bright pixel regions. The at least one image is captured by setting exposure time of the sensor as equal or less than a read-out time of a set of pixel rows of a plurality of pixel rows, and by facilitating a repeating sequence of ON and OFF of flash such that flash is ON while capturing the set of pixel rows, and OFF while capturing subsequent set of pixel rows. The method includes determining a contour of the foreground object in the at least one image based on the pattern.

Method and apparatus for segmentation of foreground objects in images and processing thereof

A red-eye detection and correction method includes computing a first difference image based on a difference between red pixel intensity and green pixel intensity of a set of pixels. The set of pixels are associated with a first eye region of an image. The method further includes processing the first difference image for computing at least one gradient and at least one projection associated with the at least one gradient. Furthermore, the method includes determining at least one central point based on the at least one projection; and thereafter computing the first eye color defect region based on the at least one central point and a plurality of red pixels of the set of pixels. The method also includes mapping an eye color defect location information computed from a low resolution image to be applicable on the original high resolution image, thereby avoiding recomputation.

Method, apparatus and computer program product for compensating eye color defects

An array of light emitters is arranged single-file along an emitting surface of a transmitting device and emits light in a z-direction normal to the emitting surface. The array of light emitters is aligned along a y-direction normal to the z-direction. A lens assembly is optically coupled to the array of light emitters. The lens assembly includes at least one cylindrical lens and at least one aspherical lens. The lens assembly emits the light in free-space along the z-direction and has a first focal length in the y-direction and a different, second focal length in an x-direction. An encoder is coupled to apply a data signal to the array of light emitters. The data signal causes the array of light emitters to illuminate in a pattern that switches at a rate corresponding to a rolling shutter of a receiving sensor array.

Transmitting data to a rolling shutter sensor array via a light emitter array

An example approach is provided for presenting content in a user interface associated with social networking messages based on gaze tracking information. A content presentation platform determines a rendering of a user interface presenting one or more social networking messages. The content presentation platform further determines a selection of at least one of the one or more social networking messages based, at least in part, on gaze tracking information. The content presentation platform also causes, at least in part, a presentation of content at the user interface based, at least in part, on the selection.

Method and apparatus for presenting content via social networking messages

A method and apparatus for optical field communication, wherein incident light is spread on the surface of an image sensor with a diffuser element; a conventional digital image is captured with high exposure pixel rows of the image sensor; and the light intensity on two successive low exposure pixel rows of the image sensor is recorded. The recorded light intensities of the two successive low exposure pixel rows are compared; and in response to comparing the recorded light intensities of the two successive low exposure pixel rows, a value of a bit received via optical field communication is determined.

Optical field communication

Method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided. The method includes detecting a face portion in a frame of a plurality of frames of a multi-media content. The method further includes tracking the face portion in at least one subsequent frame of the frame. A color-tracking of the face portion is performed on losing a track of the face portion in the at least one subsequent frame. The color-tracking is performed for re-tracking the face portion in the at least one subsequent frame.

Method, apparatus and computer program product for tracking face portion

Various methods for clustering images of faces are provided. One example method may include receiving a plurality of input clusters including a first cluster and at least a second cluster, where each input cluster including at least one feature that was extracted from an image. The example method may further include determining a first medoid for the first cluster and a second medoid for the second cluster, determining an inter-cluster distance between the first medoid and the second medoid, and merging the first cluster with the second cluster to generate a merged cluster in an instance in which the inter-cluster distance is less than a distance threshold. Similar and related example methods, example apparatuses, and example computer program products are also provided.

Method, apparatus, and computer program product for image clustering

Methods and apparatuses are provided for capturing an image. A method may include determining a scene to be captured at a first resolution. The scene to be captured may be within a field of view of an image sensor. The method may further include causing capture by the image sensor of a plurality of sub-images at a second resolution. The second resolution may be less than the first resolution. Each of the plurality of sub-images may depict a portion of the scene to be captured. The method may additionally include using the plurality of sub-images to generate an output image depicting the scene to be captured at the first resolution. Corresponding apparatuses are also provided.

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